Keeper of Alnwick Castle 1318 and of Scarborough Castle 1321; knighted 1322; Keeper of the Coast of Yorkshire 1324 and of the Coast of Northumberland 1325; Keeper of Skipton Castle and Warden of the Scottish Marches 1326/7; an Ambassador to Scotland to make a peace 1327; Keeper of Bamburgh Castle 1330; an envoy to France 1330/1; Justiciar of the East March 1330/1; spent many years negotiating a peace with the Scots on behalf of the King; a commander at the Battle of Neville's Cross 1346